[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4359-S4360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2020
Mrs. LOEFFLER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of
S. 3989 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:
A bill (S. 3989) to amend the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 to modify certain
membership and other requirements of the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission, and for other purposes.
There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
Mrs. LOEFFLER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered
read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be
considered made and laid upon the table.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
The bill (S. 3989) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading,
was read the third time, and passed, as follows
S. 3989
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``United States
Semiquincentennial Commission Amendments Act of 2020''.
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
(a) Establishment of Commission.--Section 4 of the United
States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law
114-196; 130 Stat. 685) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking subparagraph (I) and
inserting the following:
``(I) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Arts.
``(J) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
``(K) The Director of the Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
``(L)(i) The Chief Justice of the United States; or
``(ii) an Associate Justice or former Associate Justice
appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States.'';
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Removal of members who are private citizens.--On an
affirmative vote of not less than \2/3\ of the members of the
Commission, the Commission may remove a member of the
Commission appointed under subsection (b)(3).''; and
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(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) by striking ``All meetings'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) Location of first meeting.--The first meeting''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Location of subsequent meetings.--At least 1 meeting
of the Commission each year shall be held in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.''.
(b) Duties.--Section 5(c)(1) of the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
196; 130 Stat. 687) is amended by striking ``2 years after
the date of enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``March 31,
2020''.
(c) Coordination.--Section 6(b) of the United States
Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-
196; 130 Stat. 689) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``presiding officer of
the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, the
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities''
and inserting ``Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Arts, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, and the Director of the Institute of Museum and
Library Services''; and
(2) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting ``and other'' after ``founding''.
(d) Expenditures of Commission.--Section 9 of the United
States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law
114-196; 130 Stat. 691) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--All expenditures of the Commission shall
be made from donations, earned income, and any funds made
available to carry out this Act under subsection (g).'';
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ``Once each year during
the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act''
and inserting ``Annually during the period beginning 1 year
after the Commission submits the report to the President
under section 5(c)(1)''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Intellectual Property Protections.--The Commission
shall have the sole power to authorize, license, and, as
applicable, derive income from, the usage of official marks,
imprimaturs, products, and logos of the Commission and the
official United States Semiquincentennial activities
sponsored or cosponsored by the Commission.
``(f) Enforcement.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), except as
authorized under rules and regulations officially issued by
the Commission, any person who knowingly manufactures,
reproduces, or uses any logo, symbol, or mark originated
under authority of, and certified by, in accordance with
paragraph (2), the Commission or the secretariat of the
Commission described in subsection (b) for use in connection
with the commemoration of the United States
Semiquincentennial, or any facsimile of the logo, symbol, or
mark, or holds out to the public objects in a manner to
suggest any logo, symbol, or mark not officially authorized
by the Commission or the secretariat of the Commission, shall
be fined not more than $1,000 for each unauthorized use,
imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.
``(2) Applicability date.--The requirements of paragraph
(1) shall apply beginning on the date of publication in the
Federal Register of notice of certification by the Commission
or secretariat of the Commission with respect to a logo,
symbol, or mark.
``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to
carry out this Act.''.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia.
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